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1.
A gold watch found on cinder whore
First Line:
A gold watch found on cinder whore
Last Line:
Not that they're rich but that they steal
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2931
2.
A manly wit a child's simplicity
First Line:
A manly wit a child's simplicity
Last Line:
Striking their aching bosoms here lies Gay
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
16357
3.
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
First Line:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit
Last Line:
Invention labours less but judgment more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Wentworth Dillon (Absolute)
DMI number:
29633
4.
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
First Line:
A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind
Last Line:
At length enjoys that liberty he loved
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7403
5.
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
First Line:
A soul as full of worth as void of pride
Last Line:
If not 'tis I must be ashamed of you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26108
6.
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
First Line:
All are but parts of one stupendous whole
Last Line:
He fills he bounds connects and equals all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29843
7.
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34575
8.
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
First Line:
Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
Last Line:
The D--l had brought him B-n-ne and La P-ll
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
9690
9.
Ah Serenissa from our arms
First Line:
Ah Serenissa from our arms
Last Line:
You are not now invincible
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8241
10.
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
First Line:
A wit's a feather and a chief's a rod
Last Line:
Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30028
11.
Along their face
First Line:
Along their face
Last Line:
And prone to earth was hung their languid head
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12898
12.
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
First Line:
And now unveiled the toilet stands displayed
Last Line:
And Betty's praised for labours not her own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8258
13.
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
First Line:
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:
And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1357
14.
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
First Line:
As gods sometimes descend from heaven and deign
Last Line:
But Serenissa must becalm the breast
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8238
15.
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
First Line:
Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence
Last Line:
Grow gentle tractable and tame as geese
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1358
16.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Marcia died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
32850
17.
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
First Line:
As she was once few of her sex you'll see
Last Line:
To the most fair for fairest Martha died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
11312
18.
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
First Line:
As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
Last Line:
Bursts its tough bands and towering seeks the skies
DMI number:
12336
19.
At length my friend while time with still career
First Line:
At length my friend while time with still career
Last Line:
The present well and even the past enjoy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13060
20.
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
First Line:
Authors are judged by strange capricious rules
Last Line:
Let him that takes it wear it as his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1971
21.
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my Laelius leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12321
22.
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
First Line:
Awake my St John leave all meaner things
Last Line:
One truth is clear whatever is is right
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26668
23.
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
First Line:
Aurora now fair daughter of the dawn
Last Line:
And such are men and gods compared to Jove
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
34087
24.
Behold ambitious of the British bays
First Line:
Behold ambitious of the British bays
Last Line:
For Duck can thresh you know as well as write
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2956
25.
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
First Line:
Behold the woes of matrimonial life
Last Line:
And bless those souls my conduct helped to save
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8384
26.
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
First Line:
Belinda now whom thirst of fame invites
Last Line:
The walls the woods and long canals reply
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
11780
27.
But all our praises why should lords engross
First Line:
But all our praises why should lords engross
Last Line:
The wretch who living saved a candle's end
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
31858
28.
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
First Line:
But straight the direful pomp of slander sounds
Last Line:
An easy entrance in ignoble minds
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30887
29.
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
First Line:
But what are these to great Atossa's mind
Last Line:
Or wanders heaven directed to the poor
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
19535
30.
But where each science lifts its modern type
First Line:
But where each science lifts its modern type
Last Line:
In Toland's Tindal's and in Woolston's days
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2995
31.
Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe
First Line:
Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe
Last Line:
Give all thou canst and let me dream the rest
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1377
32.
Close to her husband Frances joined once more
First Line:
Close to her husband Frances joined once more
Last Line:
Will raise three bodies from this dust alone
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2914
33.
Close to the best known author Umbra sits
First Line:
Close to the best known author Umbra sits
Last Line:
Know sense like charity begins at home
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1973
34.
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
First Line:
Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said
Last Line:
And pities Procris while her lover dies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7402
35.
Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine
First Line:
Delightful favourite of the tuneful nine
Last Line:
The Stygian wave had covered all the godlike boy
Author:
Edward Cobden (Absolute)
DMI number:
3205
36.
Envy will merit as its shade persue
First Line:
Envy will merit as its shade persue
Last Line:
Reflect new glories and augment the day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1369
37.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue
First Line:
Envy will merit as its shade pursue
Last Line:
The opposing body's grossness not its own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29808
38.
Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
First Line:
Did Milton's prose o Charles thy death defend
Last Line:
The murderous critic has avenged thy murder
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3047
39.
Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
First Line:
Dorset the grace of courts the muses pride
Last Line:
And patriots still or poets deck the line
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17790
40.
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks
First Line:
Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks
Last Line:
Bursts out resistless with a thundering tide
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30882
41.
Far in a wild unknown to public view
First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Last Line:
And passed a life of piety and peace
Author:
Thomas Parnell (Absolute)
DMI number:
12340
42.
Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath
First Line:
Fair charmer cease nor add your tuneful breath
Last Line:
This vocal wood had drawn the poet too
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8239
43.
For never was it given to mortal man
First Line:
For never was it given to mortal man
Last Line:
And call your maids to witness how he lies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1359
44.
Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray
First Line:
Flavia's a wit has too much sense to pray
Last Line:
And die of nothing but a rage to live
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30966
45.
Go wondrous mount where science guides
First Line:
Go wondrous mount where science guides
Last Line:
Then drop into thyself and be a fool
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
35214
46.
Go fair example of untainted youth
First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
'Tis also a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
2932
47.
Go fair example of untainted youth
First Line:
Go fair example of untainted youth
Last Line:
Tis all a father all a friend can give
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
185
48.
Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
First Line:
Goddess of woods tremendous in the chase
Last Line:
And choirs of virgins celebrate thy praise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
13061
49.
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twas barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:
13373
50.
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
First Line:
Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard
Last Line:
Nor force him to be damned to get his living
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Sir Richard Steele (Confident) & Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill] (Speculation) & Joseph Addison (Confident)
DMI number:
1970
51.
Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
First Line:
Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before
Last Line:
And make one glorious and immortal Thames
Author:
Francis Knapp (Absolute)
DMI number:
12242
52.
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
First Line:
Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid
Last Line:
And waft a sigh from Indus to the pole
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1374
53.
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
First Line:
Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate
Last Line:
And now a bubble burst and now a world
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
27021
54.
Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace
First Line:
Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace
Last Line:
Or curtain lectures made a restless night
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1360
55.
Hector this heard returned without delay
First Line:
Hector this heard returned without delay
Last Line:
No father's aid no mother's tender care
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12902
56.
Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
First Line:
Hear how Timotheus' various lays suprise
Last Line:
And the world's victor stood subdued by sound
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30485
57.
Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
First Line:
Has God thou fool worked solely for thy good
Last Line:
Who thinks all made for one not one for all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29842
58.
He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue
First Line:
He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue
Last Line:
And in tumultuous raptures died away
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1370
59.
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
First Line:
He who beneath thy sheltering wing resides
Last Line:
To him reveal my joys and open all my skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
8279
60.
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
First Line:
Hence let us go why waste we time in vain
Last Line:
Who honour worth and prize thy valour most
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12917
61.
Here rests a woman good without pretence
First Line:
Here rests a woman good without pretence
Last Line:
The saint sustained it but the woman died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
170
62.
Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
First Line:
Here Francis Ch--s lies be civil
Last Line:
The rest god knows perhaps the devil
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute) & Jonathan Swift (Speculation)
DMI number:
13473
63.
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose
First Line:
Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose
Last Line:
Look on her face and you will forget them all
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1371
64.
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
First Line:
Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd
Last Line:
And now she's in the other she thinks it but queer
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Speculation) & Alexander Pope (Confident) & John Gay (Speculation)
DMI number:
13476
65.
How finished with illustrious toil appears
First Line:
How finished with illustrious toil appears
Last Line:
And soft Belinda's blush forever glow
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22476
66.
Horses my friend and asses men may try
First Line:
Horses my friend and asses men may try
Last Line:
And all the woman glares in open day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1356
67.
His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee
First Line:
His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee
Last Line:
Want with a full or with an empty purse
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
16362
68.
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
First Line:
How happy is the blameless vestal's lot
Last Line:
And melts in visions of eternal day
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1380
69.
Here then we rest the universal cause
First Line:
Here then we rest the universal cause
Last Line:
And bade self love and social be the same
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
26669
70.
Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
First Line:
Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind
Last Line:
The last true Briton lies beneath this stone
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
17791
71.
How quaint an appetite in women reigns
First Line:
How quaint an appetite in women reigns
Last Line:
A glutted market makes provision cheap
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1362
72.
I am the prince's dog at Kew
First Line:
I am the prince's dog at Kew
Last Line:
Pray tell me sir whose dog are you
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
25859
73.
I give and devise old Euclio said
First Line:
I give and devise old Euclio said
Last Line:
Not that I cannot part with that and died
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22417
74.
In these deep solitudes and awful cells
First Line:
In these deep solitudes and awful cells
Last Line:
He best can paint em who shall feel em most
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
7406
75.
In genial spring beneath the quivering shade
First Line:
In genial spring beneath the quivering shade
Last Line:
And pikes the tyrants of the watery plains
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
29832
76.
In merry old England it once was a rule
First Line:
In merry old England it once was a rule
Last Line:
That Cibber can serve for both fool and for poet
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2756
77.
Is there a parson much bemused in beer
First Line:
Is there a parson much bemused in beer
Last Line:
And curses wit and poetry and Pope
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
22468
78.
In vain you boast poetic names of yore
First Line:
In vain you boast poetic names of yore
Last Line:
And shines himself till they are seen no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
20449
79.
In Yorkshire dwelt a sober yeoman
First Line:
In Yorkshire dwelt a sober yeoman
Last Line:
Nor like your capons serve your cocks
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1958
80.
Jove called before him the other day
First Line:
Jove called before him the other day
Last Line:
To the great name of Tom Durfy
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1969
81.
Lo the poor Indian whose untutored mind
First Line:
Lo the poor Indian whose untutored mind
Last Line:
His faithful dog shall bear him company
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30087
82.
Little girl in swadling clothes
First Line:
Little girl in swadling clothes
Last Line:
Give the poet half a crown
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
1818
83.
Love free as air at sight of human ties
First Line:
Love free as air at sight of human ties
Last Line:
And each warm wish springs from the heart
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1375
84.
My son the instruction that my words impart
First Line:
My son the instruction that my words impart
Last Line:
And fall where many mightier have been slain
Author:
James Ward (Confident)
DMI number:
7436
85.
Muse at that name thy sacred sorrows shed
First Line:
Muse at that name thy sacred sorrows shed
Last Line:
Then view this marble and be vain no more
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1364
86.
Moore always smiles whenever he recites
First Line:
Moore always smiles whenever he recites
Last Line:
A modest man may like what's not his own
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
2764
87.
I sing the nation's praise while here I boast
First Line:
I sing the nation's praise while here I boast
Last Line:
And tell him I was his platonic love
DMI number:
15325
88.
If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet
First Line:
If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet
Last Line:
Who would not weep if Addison were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
10553
89.
If ever my humble muse melodious sings
First Line:
If ever my humble muse melodious sings
Last Line:
And what the god inspired the priestess spoke
Author:
William Broome (Absolute)
DMI number:
7319
90.
If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill
First Line:
If meagre Gildon draw his venal quill
Last Line:
Who would not weep if A---n were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
3050
91.
If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill
First Line:
If meagre Gildon draws his venal quill
Last Line:
Who would not weep if A--n were he
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1974
92.
If none must be admired but poets born
First Line:
If none must be admired but poets born
Last Line:
These should be pumped ducked pilloried pissed and shit on
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation)
DMI number:
2751
93.
Let all mankind this certain maxim hold
First Line:
Let all mankind this certain maxim hold
Last Line:
And heave and pant and kiss and cling for gold
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1361
94.
Let envy howl while heaven's whole chorus wings
First Line:
Let envy howl while heaven's whole chorus wings
Last Line:
Sweet to the world and grateful to the skies
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30932
95.
Know then thyself presume not god to scan
First Line:
Know then thyself presume not god to scan
Last Line:
Tis this though man's a fool yet god is wise
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12322
96.
Learn dullness learn the universal cause
First Line:
Learn dullness learn the universal cause
Last Line:
And bade self love and social be the same
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
12323
97.
Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore
First Line:
Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore
Last Line:
And find divulged the secrets they would hide
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1363
98.
Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes
First Line:
Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes
Last Line:
And kings have been your ancestors in vain
Author:
Alexander Pope (Speculation) & Richardson Pack (Confident)
DMI number:
7437
99.
Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod
First Line:
Nor think in nature's state they blindly trod
Last Line:
And turned on man a fiercer savage man
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
30489
100.
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows
First Line:
No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows
Last Line:
And maids turned bottles cry aloud for corks
Author:
Alexander Pope (Confident)
DMI number:
1382
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